Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
General Notes.


A belated train on the Central Pacific
recently ran from Sacramento to Marys-
vile, Cal, ffty-two miles, in flfty-tWo
minutes, including six stops.
The Maine Central Road will put on a
fast express composed entirely of sleep
ers for the summer travel between Bos-
ton and Bar Harbor, Me-, via Lewiston
A special train on the Kansas City, Fort
Scott and Gulf recently made the run
from Fort Scott, Kan, to Kansas City,
100 miles, in two hours, including seven
stops.
The Fall River line announces the re-
sumption of Sunday trips. Steamers
leave New York at p. m. as on week
days. From Boston connecting boat
train leaves at p. M, an hour later than
on week days.
The Wabash, st. Louis and Pacific he's
inaugurated a new fast train schedule be-
tween ST. Louis and Kansas City. Three
tirst-class trains will be run daily, and the
one leaving ST. Louis at a. m. will re-
duce the time between that city and Kan
sas City fifty minutes.
The Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati
and Indianapolis will, on April l, receive
ace sleeping cars. The train leaving ST.
Louis in the evening for the east, in addi-
ton to through New York cars, will in fu-
ture have through Boston car, which
will be attached to the limited train on
the Boston and Albany at Albany.
The New York railroad commissioners
have submitted report to the Legisla-
ture in which they state that stoves ought
to be abolished and the cars heated by
steam. Commissioner Rogers dissents
from the opinion of the main report so
far as il tends toward making it manda-
tory on railroads to substitute steam
heating tor stoves, for the present at
least.
In suit against the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company brought by a passeu-
ger to recover $4,000 for having been
elected from train on which he was en-
deaVOring to travel with a limited ticket,
having previously stopped over, contrary
to the stipulations on the ticket, the Su-
perior court at San Francisco has given
judgment for the defendant company with
costs against the plaintiff.
The New York, New Haven and Hart
ford, Connecticut River, Central Yer
mont, Boston and Lowell and Passumpsic
roads have arranged tor summer train
to the White mountains, which will begin
running June 81. The train will leave
New York at 8 :l5 a. m. daily, and on the
return will leave Fabyan's at the same
hour, arriving at New York at 1850 p. m.
The train will be fast express.
Three telegraph poles bearing several
hundred wires fell across the track of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Road at Orange, N. j., March %. a fast
freight train ran into the wires, which
wound themselves around the engine,
tore off the headlight, smokestack, whistle
and bell, and all the ornamental work,
and when the train stopped finally there
were over 10000 feet of wire about the
engine and cars.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern has just received two elegant buffet
cars which will be run between
Buffalo and New York city. The main
body of the cars is finished in mahogany
with old GOLD upholstering. The smok-
ing rooms are finished in English oak and
pressed leather, The state rooms each
have lavatories, closets, Cts, to accom-
modate six persons, and are also elegant
ly finished.